EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.
Columbus, TX · Parent: Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc
- Total releases
- 1.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.: how the 1.2K lbs splits
1.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.2K lbs 100.0%
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.'s 1.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Columbus, TX, in the wood products sector. It reported 75 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 1.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,617 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. is pounds #1284 and chemical-count #1298 at 1.2K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Quikrete - Sand Express Plant; Titan Production Equipment LLC; Best Block Alleyton Plant; Houston Central Gas Plant. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside Texas: Roseburg Forest Products - Roanoke Valley Lumber; Everwood Treatment Co; Fiber Composites LLC; La Lumber Treating Ltd.. Other Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc sites in this extract: Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Bushnell Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Va Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds; Copper compounds.
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Roseburg Forest Products - Roanoke Valley Lumber and Everwood Treatment Co.
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.2K lbs 48th percentile higher than 48% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.: Copper And Copper Compounds-led volume
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. reports the 320th-largest volume (1.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper And Copper Compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Roseburg Forest Products - Roanoke Valley Lumber and Everwood Treatment Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Copper And Copper Compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 900 lb in 2022 to 75 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 900 lb in 2022 to 75 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Copper And Copper Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 210 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 900 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 75 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc.
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Quikrete - Sand Express Plant, Titan Production Equipment LLC, Best Block Alleyton Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Roseburg Forest Products - Roanoke Valley Lumber, Everwood Treatment Co, Fiber Composites LLC.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (1.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Itw Performance Polymers, Textron Systems, Videojet Technologies Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Great Southern Wood - Md Inc., Great Southern Wood - Bushnell Inc., Great Southern Wood - Va Inc..
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Copper And Copper Compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Quikrete - Sand Express Plant. Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper And Copper Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Columbus, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321114 · Wood Products. 3.9% of Colorado TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Itw Performance Polymers (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper And Copper Compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov